Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) is a common cardiac arrhythmia whose global prevalence has risen in recent years. If left untreated, AFib can lead to severe complications such as stroke and heart failure. Because AFib may occur without symptoms, continuous monitoring is critical for timely detection. This paper presents a low-cost Intelligent Health Monitoring System (IHMS) that uses one-dimensional Convolutional Neural Networks (1D-CNNs) to detect AFib from Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals. The study evaluates the feasibility of deploying 1D-CNN models on resource-constrained edge devices and compares edge- and cloud-based computing architectures with respect to inference efficiency. Three 1D-CNN models of increasing complexity are designed, trained, and tested on datasets containing AFib and Normal Sinus Rhythm (NSR) segments. Two experiments are conducted to assess end-to-end delay and prediction time under a controlled experimental setup. The results demonstrate the potential for on-device AFib detection in constrained environments and provide practical insights into selecting suitable architectures for embedded deployment.
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Modeling and Evaluating an Intelligent Health Monitoring System for Detecting Atrial Fibrillation
- Petter Nordin 1,
- Hossein Fotouhi 2,*,
- Miguel Leon 2,
- Oana Cramariuc 3,
- Tiberiu Seceleanu 2,
- Maryam Vahabi 2
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Received: 15 Sep 2025 | Revised: 27 Feb 2026 | Accepted: 07 Mar 2026 | Published: 16 Mar 2026
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